OpenSS7 SS7 Stack -- history of user visible changes. 2008-10-31
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Copyright (c) 2001-2008 OpenSS7 Corporation.
Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Brian Bidulock
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The sections that follow provide information on OpenSS7 releases of the
`OpenSS7 SS7 Stack' package.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a.8
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The OpenSS7 SS7 Stack package contains a wide array of SS7 drivers and
components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. This is the public release package
which has most of the components removed. Subscribers and sponsors of
the OpenSS7 Project have access to the full array of components.
This is the eighth release of the OpenSS7 SS7 Stack strss7 package that
contains SS7 (Signalling System No. 7) signalling stack components for
Linux Fast-STREAMS. The package contains the necessary header files,
manual pages and other documentation for SS7 components in a separate
autoconf tarball.
The release includes maintenance support for recent distributions and
tool chain, but also includes some performance and feature upgrades and
inspection bug fixes. It deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade
before reporting bugs on previous releases.
This release is primarily a maintenance release.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Minor documentation corrections.
- Kernel module license made explicit "GPL v2". And then changed
back to "GPL".
- License upgrade to `AGPL Version 3'.
- Modifications to build under `Fedora' `2.6.22.5-49' kernel. These
changes also support `2.6.22.9-91.fc7' kernel. Use
`IRQF_DISABLED' and `IRQF_SHARED' instead of deprecated
`SA_INTERRUPT' and `SA_SHIRQ'. Use `pci_register_driver' instead
of `pci_module_init'.
- Ability to strap out major documentation build and installation
primarily for embedded targets.
- Improvements to common build process for embedded and
cross-compile targets.
- Modifications to build under `Fedora' `2.6.25-45.fc9' and
`2.6.26.5-45.fc9' kernels.
- Updated tool chain to `m4-1.4.12', `autoconf-2.63' and
`texinfo-4.13'.
- Conversion of RPM spec files to common approach for major
subpackages.
- Updated references database for manual pages and roff documents.
- Build system now builds `yum(8)' repositories for RPMs and
`apt-get(8)' repositories for DEBs. Installation documentation
has been updated to include details of repository install
sourcesref.
- Added `MODULE_VERSION' to all modules and drivers.
- Corrections for recent RHAS4 kernels defining irq_handler_t with 3
argument function template.
- Added sdl-pmod and sdt-pmod STREAMS modules and manual pages.
These two STREAMS modules simluate an SDT and SDL interface
connection using a STREAMS-based pipe for testing purposes.
- Added MTPI specification texinfo (info, html, pdf) document.
- Added CNAM project document. The CNAM projects provides a locally
attached TCAP CNAM database front-end that performs SS7 stack
functions local to the switching office and queries a back-end
CNAM database using IP over the Internet.
- Added SDLI, SDTI and SLI specifications texinfo (info, html, pdf)
document.
- Added manual pages for LMI and all LMI primitives.
- Added manual pages for SDLI and all SDLI primitives.
- Added manual pages for SDTI and all SDTI primitives.
- Added manual pages for SLI and all SLI primitives.
_This is a public beta release of the package: it deprecates previous
releases. Please upgrade to the current release before reporting bugs.
Please see `README-alpha' in the release, or `Maturity',in the manual._
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and 2.6
RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production
kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the `GNU Affero General Public
License Version 3'. The release is available as an `autoconf' tarball,
SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page
(http://www.openss7.org/download.html) for the `autoconf' tarballs,
SRPMs and DSCs. For tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs and binary RPMs and DEBs,
see the strss7 package page (http://www.openss7.org/strss7_pkg.html).
See `http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strss7-0.9a.8/ChangeLog' and
`http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strss7-0.9a.8/NEWS' in the release
for more information. Also, see the `strss7.pdf' manual in the release
(also in html `http://www.openss7.org/strss7_manual.html').
For the news release, see `http://www.openss7.org/rel20081029_5.html'.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a.7
----------------------------------------
The OpenSS7 SS7 Stack package contains a wide array of SS7 drivers and
components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. This is the public release package
which has most of the components removed. Subscribers and sponsors of
the OpenSS7 Project have access to the full array of components.
This is the seventh release of the OpenSS7 SS7 Stack strss7 package
that contains SS7 (Signalling System No. 7) signalling stack components
for Linux Fast-STREAMS. The package contains the necessary header
files, manual pages and other documentation for SS7 components in a
separate autoconf tarball.
This release is primarily to support recent compilers, kernels and
distributions.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
- Support build on Fedora 7 with 2.6.21 kernel.
- Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
- Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
- Updated to gettext 0.16.1.
- Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and
2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.
- Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
- Support for recent distributions and tool chains.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a.6
----------------------------------------
The OpenSS7 SS7 Stack package contains a wide array of SS7 drivers and
components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. This is the public release package
which has most of the components removed. Subscribers and sponsors of
the OpenSS7 Project have access to the full array of components.
This is the sixth release of the OpenSS7 SS7 Stack strss7 package that
contains SS7 (Signalling System No. 7) signalling stack components for
Linux Fast-STREAMS. The package contains the necessary header files,
manual pages and other documentation for SS7 components in a separate
autoconf tarball.
This release is primarily to support recent compilers, kernels and
distributions.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Corrected support for the DS2152/21352/21552/2154/21352/21555
chips present in older V400P cards. (See
`http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strss7-0.9a.8/BUGS' in the
release for more information.)
- Support for the DS2156 chip present in recent V401PE cards. (See
`http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strss7-0.9a.8/BUGS' in the
release for more information.)
- Corrections for timer bugs in the X400P-SS7 driver. (See
`http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strss7-0.9a.8/BUGS' in the
release for more information.)
- Improvements to the common build environment with better support
for standalone package builds on 2.4 kernels.
- Support for autoconf 2.61, automake 1.10 and gettext 0.16.
- Support for Ubuntu 6.10 distribution and bug fixes for i386
kernels.
- The package now looks for other subpackages with a version number
as unpacked by separate tarball.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a.5
----------------------------------------
The OpenSS7 SS7 Stack package contains a wide array of SS7, SIGTRAN,
ISDN and VoIP drivers and components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. This is
the public release package which has most of the components removed.
Subscribers and sponsors of the OpenSS7 Project have access to the full
array of components.
This is the fifth release of the OpenSS7 SS7 Stack strss7 package that
contains SS7 (Signalling System No. 7), SIGTRAN (SIGnalling TRANsport),
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and VoIP (Void over Internet
Protocol) signalling stack components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. The
package contains the necessary header files, manual pages and other
documentation for SS7/SIGTRAN/ISDN/VoIP components in a separate
autoconf tarball.
This release is primarily to support recent compilers, kernels and
distributions, and to upgrade the X400P-SS7 driver with support for the
Varion V401P (Tormenta III) cards. Also, this is the first release
that has ISDN, SIGTRAN and VoIP components moved to separate packages
(but will still build all components).
- The X400P-SS7 driver has been upgraded to support the Varion V401P
(Tormenta III) card. This driver passes all validation test
suites and is production grade. The driver still supports the
older cards. Also, an `autoconf' style validation test suite was
added and the `test-x400p' test case executable upgraded.
- Support for most recent 2.6.18 kernels (including Fedora Core 5
with inode diet patchset).
- The package will now build doxygen(1) html documentation with the
'doxy' make target. See 'make help' or README-make in the
distribution for more information.
- Now builds 32-bit compatibility libraries and tests them against
64-bit kernel modules and drivers. The `make installcheck' target
will now automatically test both 64-bit native and 32-bit
compatibility versions, one after the other, on 64-bit platforms.
- Added versions to all library symbols.
- Many documentation updates for all OpenSS7 packages. Automated
release file generation making for vastly improved and timely text
documentation present in the release directory.
- Dropped support for `LiS'.
- Package will now support extended ranges of minor devices on 2.6
kernels under `Linux Fast-STREAMS' only.
- Better detection of SUSE distributions, release numbers and SLES
distributions: support for additional `SuSE' distributions on
`ix86' as well as `x86_64'. Added distribution support includes
`SLES 9', `SLES 9 SP2', `SLES 9 SP3', `SLES 10', `SuSE 10.1'.
- Improved compiler flag generation and optimizations for recent
`gcc' compilers and some idiosyncratic behaviour for some
distributions (primarily SUSE).
- Optimized compilation is now available also for user level
programs in addition to kernel programs. Added new
`--with-optimize' option to `configure' to accomplish this.
- Automated release file generation making for vastly improved and
timely text documentation present in the release directory.
- Added `--disable-devel' `configure' option to suppress building
and installing development environment. This feature is for
embedded or pure runtime targets that do not need the development
environment (static libraries, manual pages, documentation).
- Added `send-pr' script for automatic problem report generation.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a-4
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This release is primarily to support additional compilers (gcc 4.0.2),
architectures (x86_64, SMP, 32-bit compatibility), recent Linux
distributions (EL4, SuSE 10, LE2006, OpenSuSE) and kernels (2.6.15).
- Changes necessary for __LP64__ compatible builds. Changes to
support 32-bit ioctl compatibility for __LP64__ architectures.
Binary compatibility should not have been disrupted. At the same
time as the ioctl32 changes, TRANSPARENT ioctl support for most of
the IO controls for the ldl(4) driver has been added.
- Changes to satisfy gcc 4.0.2 compiler.
- Corrections for and testing of 64-bit clean compile and test runs
on x86_64 architecture. Some bug corrections resulting from gcc
4.0.2 compiler warnings.
- Corrected build flags for Gentoo and 2.6.15 kernels as reported on
mailing list.
- Initial corrections for and testing of SMP operation on Intel 630
Hyper-Threaded SMP on x86_64. This package should now run well on
N-way Xeons even with Hyper-Threading enabled.
- Corrections and validation of 32-bit compatibility over 64-bit on
x86_64. Should apply well to other 64-bit architectures as well.
This is a public alpha release of the package.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a-3
----------------------------------------
This is primarily a bug fixes release and corrections resulting from
testing. This is a major bug fix release. The previous release was
largely untested. This release has been verified (conformance test
suite passes) for operation with `Linux Fast-STREAMS'
(`streams-0.7a.4').
With this release version numbers were changed to reflect an upstream
version only to be consistent with other OpenSS7 package releases. All
`RPM' release numbers will be `-1$(PACKAGE_RPMEXTRA)' and all `Debian'
release numbers will be `_0'. If you wish to apply patches and release
the package, please bump up the release number and apply a suitable
release suffix for your organization. We leave `Debian' release number
`_1' reserved for your use, so you can still bundle the source in the
`.dsc' file.
Major changes for this release include build against Linux 2.6 kernels
and popular distributions based on the 2.6 kernel as well as wider
distribution support. The package also supports both `LiS-2.18.1' as
well as `streams-0.7a' on both kernels.
Not publicly released.
Major changes for release strss7-0.9a-2
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Not publicly released.
Initial release strss7-0.9a-1
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Initial autoconf/RPM packaging of the `strss7' release.
Not publicly released.
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